Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

You Make Me Smile – January 22, 2017

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You make me smile, (or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis, that brings a smile to my face, and a laugh to my lips.

Sampson, when we are walking in the woods, and I look at you and say, “If you want to go up the hill, it’s okay,” and then you turn and head up the hill…

Golden Lab

You make me smile.

Lately, Sampson has been heading to the park on our walks. Most days, he heads to the field. It’s like he knows that the trails are a bit challenging to him. But I’ve got him on a new protocol and he seems to be able to handle a bit longer walk. While I know he will have days that he can’t manage it, for now, I’m going to celebrate the good days.

You Make Me Smile – January 15, 2017

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You make me smile, (or laugh.) The sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do, that bring a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

Delilah, when you look to me for guidance on our walks, and someone in the neighborhood observes you, and says what a good dog you are…

Good Delilah

You make me smile.

It happened yesterday. A few months back, I discovered that a neighbor down the street, is a man I worked with over 10 years ago.

We passed his house yesterday morning, and he was on his way out to pick up his paper.  We exchanged good mornings, and when we did so, Delilah made to cross the street to say hello. I’m careful about letting the dogs approach folks, unless someone specifically asks. So, I redirected her, and my ex-co-worker asked how old she is. I told him she just turned 11, and then he commented on what a good dog she was, and how beautiful her coat was.

Considering some of the stories, (some right here on this blog) about Delilah. I couldn’t help but look down at her and grin.

I may have given her a cookie…or two….or three. And then I floated home.

 

You Make Me Smile – January 9, 2017

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We are a day late on this post, due to our participation in the Go Pet Friendly, Pet Blogger Challenge.

You make me smile, (or laugh). The sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis, that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

Today, my little granddaughter turns six. (Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!)

Because this past weekend was her “Birthday Weekend,” we had a sleep over on Friday night. When the grandchildren are over, or one of them sleeps over, the dog’s schedule gets thrown off a wee bit. Oh, they still get their two walks per day, and of course they still get fed. What I mean by their schedules being off is, when the grandchildren are over, the dogs typically get less ‘quiet’ time for sleeping.

I know the dogs love the kids, because they get super excited when they get here, but typically, there is not a lot of interaction between the kids and dogs.

Sampson is such a special dog, and he’s super protective of the kids. So when the wee granddaughter went to lie down, it was no surprise that someone went with her.

sampson-the-protector

What did surprise me was when the wee one got up in the night to potty, and wanted me to go with her, someone else got up and followed her too. Then he followed her back to bed, where he remained for the rest of the night.

That made me smile.

I would like to mention, that most nights, Sampson doesn’t sleep in the bed. And he has NEVER followed me to the bathroom.

Just sayin’.

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